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Flyin solo, keep it simple. Work on your speed. Did the hit come on a turn? i.e did the board speed up or slow down? Good luck Tom B. (LongLine)

Sk8 has some good points. Here’s my history: I used to use 8 Lb herbies (fish) but found they were only good to about 50 ft down. (Molded my own) I then moved to 10 Lb balls with fins which worked pretty well to about 70-80 ft down. (Also molded my own) I then bought a 10 Lb herbie (too cheap to buy a mold) which is pretty good going a little deeper. Then I bought a Sub-T and needed a little more weight so I molded a 2 Lb weight in an aluminum measuring cup and screwed it to the bottom of the 10 Lb ball. I still had some blow back with the probe down 80-90 or so, especially with the heavier cable on the probe, so I had to put on the old thinking cap. What I came up with is the “LongLine Missile†which allows me to take the probe down 120 ft with no problem. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/LongLine/album%201/2010newestaddition_zps8b22b00c.jpg It weighs in at 14.4 Lb. That same year or so they came out with the torpedo. (Guess I just wasn’t fast enough – oh well) Obviously my vote is for the torpedo shaped weight. A word of caution about weights: Make sure your rigg’r is rated for that weight. You have to be careful in choppy water if your anywhere near the rating. Up & down motion of the boat will cause additional strain on the rigg’r arm. Tom B. (LongLine)

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When you open probe, make sure there's no water in it. If the o-ring wasn't lubed enough, water can get in. Also are sure it was a good battery? Been there, done that, with my Sub-T Tom B. (LongLine)

Educational Salmon video: http://greatlakesecho.org/2013/04/22/great-lakes-salmon-videos-can-help-students-anglers/ Kind'a neat. I'd like to see the next inthe series. Tom B. (LongLine)

Make sure you take out the right screws! Get yourself one of those quart bottle pumps that screws into the bottom one. Pump till oil comes out the top hole. Wait a few seconds then give it another slow pump. Put in the top screw with a new gasket/washer, unscrew pump hose from bottom hole & put in screw - also with new gasket/washer. Make sure you get the old gasket/washers off. (sometimes they stick to the hole) Tom B. (LongLine)

Tim - They weren't still-fishing. We passed by their boat a couple times out there. But you're right, I've never seen a salmon caught on a worm before. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site & welcome back to Big-O. Muskybob has a thread pinned to the top of "Tackle & techniques" section with palns for double boards and mast. Very good setup & fairly easy to make. Tom B. (LongLine)

+1 on the Laurvicks Tom B. (LongLine)

Tim - Back in the 2nd or 3rd ESLO, I remember taking some fish in to be weighed & these 2 guys had a cooler with some beautiful Browns caught off Russell. As I had just spent a couple hundred on some fancy lures, I had to ask how they caught them. Their reply - Nightcrawlers. Tom B. (LongLine)

I think he's probably asking if it was a code or a printed date. Tom B. (LongLine)

People have I-phones etc now days & scammers know how to get into them. They're not immune to hacking. Tom B. (LongLine)

You're right I was thinking of a palomar ....ooops....my bad. Tom B. (LongLine)

The rapala knot is a very tight knot and as such can alter the action of any plug that doesn't have a split ring on it depending on whether it's dead center on the eyelet, towards the top or towards the bottom. Even with a spit ring observe the position of the "split" in relation to the plug eyelet. I prefer to use a snap swivel because currents can cause the plug to do some strange things, especially rotate & twist your line pretty bad. Tom B. (LongLine)

Good news for these three ports. Possible dredging next year. http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=17076 Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Blk/Silver or Fluroscent orange Jointed or sinking Rapalas or try some Bomber Long-A's. Tom B. (LongLine)

Look at it this way: The season is going to only get better. At least you got out. Saw Genny launch blocked real bad yesterday with driftwood (big stuff) so ended up walking the dogs today & catching up on projects. Tom B. (LongLine)

I'm not going to try to talk you out of outriggers but I probably only see 3 or 4 boats a year with them on Lake Ontario. Just about everyone on Big-O runs planner boards of some kind now days. Tom B. (LongLine)

See the difference in surface texture ( waves vs calm) in this picture? It's a big time late april temperature change. Colder water is a little denser than warmer water thus wind effect is slightly different. This partricular one was about 4 degrees and I was playing around the outside of it. When you find it, you want to go through it and beyond for a couple hundred yards. It generally does not go straight to the bottom. Tom B. (LongLine)

+1 with Chris. "Weather" the water expands or not, I'd worry about it & I'd much rather miss a couple weekends of fishing than have to sit out a couple months & the expense of a major overhaul. Tom B. (LongLine)